Love is more than just mere desire
It is an extreme excitement
Over dreams that are shared
Without any enticement 

It is a need to participate
In the good days and the bad
To love freely, not hesitate
As if life were a fad

It is an opportunity
To face down the unfair
To smile when smiled upon
Despite tears filled with despair

It is a concern built on compassion
To relieve another’s pain
Oh my darling can you understand
Of this I will never refrain

It is a hanky and a shoulder
A chest and a wipe
It is comfort when your world says
Life is not worth the fight

It is dreams and reality
Known to just but a few
Love is all the things
That are often hidden from view

It is love that we want
And hope to one day get
Without shame, without games
Without haste or regret

So as your eyes meet mine
Let our love once again touch
Let it nurture our needs
Without hope for too much

We’ll stop hiding behind tears
And let our love come out and play
Please let it be all that we know
From now, until our last dying day